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Updated: Jan 10, 2026

Stock Analysis

BABA Logo
$162.39
-$3.01 |-1.82%
Day Range:
$161.68 - $166.17
Market Cap:
360.06B
P/E Ratio:
20.6610
Avg Value:
$140.95
Year Range:
$89.22 - $192.67
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General Information
Alibaba is the world's largest online and mobile commerce company as measured by gross merchandise volume.

It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). The China retail e-commerce platform is the most valuable cash flow-generating business at Alibaba. Additional revenue sources include China wholesale e-commerce, international retail and wholesale e-commerce, local consumer services, travel services, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment, Cainiao logistics services, and other businesses.

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Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

77.3

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

82.17

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

70.41

Quality is a composite ranking that evaluates a company's operational efficiency and financial health by analyzing historical profitability metrics and fundamental strength indicators on a percentile basis relative to peers.

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Peer Ratings

See how Alibaba Gr Hldgs compares to its peers in these key performance metrics from Benzinga Rankings.

Top Peers
Value
Quality
Growth
Momentum
Short
Medium
Long
PDDPDD Holdings
88.35
0
90.12
16.64
MELIMercadoLibre
21.61
59.44
0
33.01
SESea
50.04
0
95.11
9.29
JDJD.com
98.91
0
41.8
8.32
Short: price trend over the last couple of months
Medium: price trend over the last couple of quarters
Long: price trend over the past year
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Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 6 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $190.00 - $230.00 with an average of $210.00

39.24%
Expected movement for Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA)

Jefferies
Date:
Jan 8, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$231.00
New Target:
$225.00
Citigroup
Date:
Nov 26, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$218.00
New Target:
$225.00
JP Morgan
Date:
Nov 26, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$240.00
New Target:
$230.00
Barclays
Date:
Nov 26, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$190.00
New Target:
$195.00
Benchmark
Date:
Nov 26, 2025
Action:
Reiterates
Prev. Target:
$195.00
New Target:
$195.00
Bernstein
Date:
Nov 26, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$200.00
New Target:
$190.00
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Valuation

Earnings History (3 years)

It is important to look at a companies earnings history to see not only if they are profitable, but if their earnings are growing.
As you can see from the chart above, BABA's earnings have increased for the past three years, this is a positive sign for the stock.
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Financial Health
What is the current state of the company's financial situation?

We measure the health of a company based on how profitable they are and their ability to cover both their short-term and long-term debts. The key indicators that we use are the Operating Margin, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-Equity ratio relative to the companies peers

Operational Margin 0.0217

The operating margin measures how much profit a company makes after it spends money on wages, materials or other administrative expenses but before interest and taxes. It is a good representation of how efficiently a company is able to generate profit from its core operations.

Quick Ratio 1.3650

The quick ratio measures how much of a company's debt, that is due in less than 1 year, can be covered using its cash equivalents, marketable securities, and money that is currently owed to them (accounts receivables).

A company with a quick ratio of less than 1.00 does not, in many cases, have the capital on hand to meet its short-term obligations if they were all due at once, while a quick ratio greater than one indicates the company has the financial resources to remain solvent in the short term.

Debt-to-Equity 0.7478

Debt-to-equity is calculated by dividing a company's total liabilities by its shareholders equity. It is a measure of the degree to which a company is financing its operations through debt versus wholly owned funds. Generally speaking, a D/E ratio below 1.0 would be seen as relatively safe, whereas ratios of 2.0 or higher would be considered risky.

The chart above shows Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA) operating margin, quick ratio, and debt-to-equity ratio compared to its peers. The black markers represent the peer averages for each ratio and the blue bars represent Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA) ratio values.
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Past Performance
How has Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is -0.5198 which is considered to be below average compared to the peer average of -0.4803

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Analyzing Alibaba Gr Hldgs (BABA) Recent Options Activity
Below, you can see the trend in options sentiment over the past 30 days.

Based on our data, BABA's options trades have recently carried more negative sentiment than positive.

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is BABA's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
853.06
868.69
941.17
1,244.00
1,012.05
Operating Revenue
816.31
832.10
902.33
1,181.51
969.37
Cost Of Revenue
539.45
549.70
586.32
734.71
595.36
Gross Profit
313.61
318.99
354.85
509.29
416.69
Operating Expense
218.83
215.93
230.97
327.22
300.50
Selling General And Administration
151.72
145.68
157.13
248.84
234.49
Research and Development
55.47
56.74
52.26
72.15
61.69
Operating Income
94.78
103.06
123.87
182.06
116.19
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
-20.61
-16.99
-17.91
26.06
31.12
Other Income Expense
-14.62
3.11
-4.36
-2.44
-0.23
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
10.52
5.82
6.16
3.73
5.94
Pre-Tax Income
59.55
89.19
101.60
205.69
147.08
Tax Provision
26.82
15.55
22.53
44.31
32.42
Net Income
62.25
72.78
80.01
170.76
123.35
Net Income Common Stockholders
61.96
72.51
79.74
172.59
125.43
Total Operating Income As Reported
69.64
100.35
113.35
175.89
110.02
Total Expenses
758.28
765.62
817.30
1,061.93
895.86
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
62.25
72.78
80.01
170.76
123.35
Normalized Income
79.09
75.14
87.74
175.67
128.26
Interest Income
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
41.10
Interest Expense
32.07
37.87
23.05
12.07
9.98
Net Interest Income
-20.61
-16.99
-17.91
26.06
31.12
EBIT
91.62
127.06
124.64
217.76
157.06
EBITDA
103.26
140.56
146.24
224.91
161.59
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
539.45
549.70
586.32
734.71
595.36
Reconciled Depreciation
11.65
13.50
21.59
7.14
4.53
Normalized EBITDA
128.41
143.28
156.76
231.08
167.76
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.23
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
-8.30
-0.35
-2.79
-1.26
-1.26
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
1,695.55
1,753.04
1,764.83
1,847.09
1,883.88
Current Assets
638.53
697.97
752.86
686.07
646.62
Total Non-Current Assets
1,057.02
1,055.08
1,011.97
1,161.01
1,237.26
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
613.36
630.12
652.23
753.77
772.10
Current Liabilities
383.78
385.35
421.51
473.63
444.14
Other Non-Current Liabilities
0.63
0.77
1.43
21.17
21.35
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
1,082.19
1,122.92
1,112.60
1,093.32
1,111.79
Stockholders Equity
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Capitalization
1,080.98
1,138.74
1,128.32
1,221.19
1,287.80
Common Stock Equity
948.48
989.66
986.54
1,013.67
1,032.50
Net Tangible Assets
607.24
665.75
687.84
737.97
757.52
Working Capital
254.75
312.62
331.36
212.44
202.48
Invested Capital
1,089.82
1,151.01
1,157.32
1,245.77
1,314.09
Tangible Book Value
607.24
665.75
687.84
737.97
757.52
Total Debt
176.60
195.57
205.61
232.10
281.59
Net Debt
0.00
0.00
0.00
48.98
146.53
Share Issued
21.36
20.53
19.47
19.09
19.09
Ordinary Shares Number
21.36
20.53
19.47
19.09
19.09
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
Net Income from Continuing Operations
Depreciation and Amortization
Deferred Tax
Deferred Income Tax
Stock-Based Compensation
Other Non-Cash Items
Change in Working Capital
Change in Receivables
Changes in Account Receivables
Change in Inventory
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
Change in Payable
Change in Account Payable
Change in Other Current Assets
Change in Other Current Liabilities
Change in Other Working Capital
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
Net Business Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Business
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Investment
Sale of Investment
Net Other Investing Changes
Financing Cash Flow
-64.45
-65.62
-108.24
-78.95
18.32
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
Long-Term Debt Issuance
Long-Term Debt Payments
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
Net Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Payments
Cash Dividends Paid
Net Other Financing Charges
End Cash Position
1,200.38
927.72
1,129.44
1,113.59
795.26
Changes in Cash
-120.28
-1.37
52.53
-61.85
-54.35
Beginning Cash Position
1,329.50
925.56
1,072.53
1,175.44
848.28
Capital Expenditure
Issuance of Capital Stock
Issuance of Debt
Repayment of Debt
Repurchase of Capital Stock
Free Cash Flow
89.43
165.40
149.66
98.21
43.23